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TWO WOMEN: THE WIFE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: I WISH THAT SHE HAD DROWNED HIM QUITE
Last Line: THAT HE WAS MADE FOR LIVING IN.
I WISH that she had drowned him quite,
Or beat your precious babe to death;
Since he has grown so fierce and strong
He'll beat me out of my last breath.

Your precious babe is now a man,
But, mother, he's not worth the skin --
As husband, father, or a son --
That he was made for living in.



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